This collection comprises materials contributed for discussion at three theoretical and practical conferences held at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, the Russian Academy of Sciences, in 2010 through 2012 and published under the common title Topical Issues of Vietnam Studies in Russia. The papers in the collection were selected from among those submitted by Russian authors and printed in Russian in three issues of Vietnam Studies in 2011 through 2013, even though foreign scholars, some of them from CIS countries, took part in the conferences as well. The Russian scholars are full-time employees of major centers of Vietnam studies, such as academic institutes and university centers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok.
The collection consists of six subject sections covering the main areas of Vietnam research and touching upon various sides of Vietnam’s internal and foreign policies, and social and cultural life in that country. Part One includes papers discussing the current state of Russian-Vietnamese relations. Part Two analyzes changes in Vietnam’s international position, including its stature in major security centers in Southeast Asia and the stand of its strategic partners. Part Three looks at Vietnam’s internal development under the impact of its renovation policy and in conditions of market economy evolution. Parts Four and Five are made up of papers highlighting unpublished episodes in Vietnam’s modern history, and Part Six contains papers by experts in Vietnamese linguistics and literature.
The original papers in this collection rely on a wide range of sources and documents reflecting their authors’ own findings. The authors’ views do not necessarily represent those of the collection compilers.
This collection is the first of its kind in the Russian Federation and is intended for distribution abroad to acquaint foreign readers and researchers with the current state and samples of Vietnam studies in Russia.